"Huh? Xiao Meng, why are you here too?"
Jing Hongchen hurried from the Dean's office to the Soul Instructor Qualification Examination Hall. As soon as he dropped from the sky, he noticed that his granddaughter was also here, and she looked inside from time to time, as if waiting for someone to come out.
Meng Hongchen shuddered, and then turned around and seamlessly switched to a sweet smile. She walked up to Jing Hongchen and held his wrist intimately, then raised her fist and said passionately:
"I happened to pass by here, and I heard Director Lin say that the hateful teacher Xuan Ziwen wanted to snatch the student you favored. I heard that this was unbearable? As your granddaughter, I must come and fight with Xuan Ziwen!"
"It just so happens that I have become more familiar with junior Tianxi during this period of time. The two of us are here, and our weight must be much heavier than Xuan Ziwen alone!"
Hearing this, Jing Hongchen, who was still a little suspicious in his heart, smiled and touched Meng Hongchen's forehead lovingly, with a determined smile on his face:
"Don't worry, Xiaomeng, don't you know your grandfather's ability? A mere Xuan Ziwen, I don't think he can make any big waves!"
With that, the majestic Hongchen Hall Master took his beloved granddaughter into the loyal soul mentor level qualification examination room. As soon as he entered the venue, his heart relaxed a lot.
Xu Tianxi seemed to have just finished his assessment. Lin Jiayi was pretending to check his second-level core array - it was a flawless work without any problems.
Xuan Ziwen sat calmly at the side, as if he was not worried about the coming storm at all.
Seeing Jing Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, who had a strong aura, walk in, Xuan Ziwen jumped up and smiled at Jing Hongchen's majestic gaze:
"Master, what brings you here?"
Jing Hongchen was very unhappy with this guy who asked knowingly, and said unhappily:
"I should ask you, Teacher Xuan, this question. As the chief researcher of Mingde Hall, why don't you do your high-end research well and come here to supervise the exam? Aren't you too idle?"
"You need students to help you do research, right? I remember that researchers like me have the priority to choose students, right? Master?"
Xuan Ziwen glanced to the side and was about to catch Xu Tianxi's figure, but he found that Xu Tianxi had been protected by Meng Hongchen behind him at some point. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he spread his hands to Jing Hongchen and said:
"Anyway, you know what I mean. Everyone in the Sun Moon Royal Academy is your disciple, right? You have devoted too much energy and time to the empire. How can such a trivial matter as teaching students bother you?"
Jing Hongchen patted his chest immediately, his eyes wide open: "Who said that I don't have time to teach students? I have plenty of energy!"
Xuan Ziwen rubbed his hands and smiled: "I heard that you have been working day and night for the research of Unit 0 these days. It's too hard. Even Xiaoxiao was brought out last night."
Jing Hongchen: "..."
How does this guy know everything?
Hearing this, Xu Tianxi, who was blocked behind Meng Hongchen, also looked weird, "Senior Meng, did Senior Xiao just come out of the Academic Affairs Office last night?"
"This, this is not important for the time being..." Meng Hongchen hesitated and gave a certain brother a real wound in the air.
At the same time, Xuan Ziwen's eyes kept changing, and he painted a big pie to Jing Hongchen:
"Anyway, choosing a teacher is something you have to consider in the fifth grade, so there is no rush now. Otherwise, I will suffer a little loss and take Xiao Meng and the others to visit the Worship Hall more often in the future? I am more familiar with that place than you are, and the old teacher will definitely be happy."
"What do you mean by this?"
Hearing Xuan Ziwen bring up his backer, Jing Hongchen's eyes narrowed immediately. Could it be that the other party's unusual behavior this time was instructed by Master Kong?
"It's nothing, it's just that when I visited the teacher in the Worship Hall a few days ago, I mentioned Xiao Kong and Xiao Meng when I was chatting with him, and the old teacher became interested and asked me to teach them well. Don't worry, he didn't ask me to accept a disciple."
Xuan Ziwen took out the imperial sword with a smile, announcing his powerful advantage.
Of course, I, a top eighth-level soul mentor, can't compete with you, a ninth-level soul mentor, but I have a teacher, and you don't dare to explode in front of him, right?
"Is this really what Mr. Kong meant?"
Jing Hongchen's heart dropped, and he calmly confirmed it again.
Xuan Ziwen pretended to take out a soul guide communicator: "If you don't believe me, I will contact the teacher now?"
"Stop it, stop it, Mr. Kong has been in seclusion for many years, how can such a small matter disturb his peace?"
After confirming that Xuan Ziwen really came prepared this time, Jing Hongchen waved his hands repeatedly, indicating that everything could be discussed.
As a figure in the core circle of power in the Sun and Moon Empire, Jing Hongchen was not afraid of anything, but he was afraid of Kong Deming. When he saw him, he had to behave as a junior. If Kong Deming was in a good mood and felt that Xuan Ziwen was not enough to be a disciple, and wanted to accept a new disciple, Jing Hongchen... really had no way to deal with it.
"Alas..."
Thinking that the big duck he had just put into the pot was targeted by someone, and that this person had a black leader behind him that he could not afford to offend, Jing Hongchen could not help but sigh in his heart.
No longer looking at the troubled Xuan Ziwen, Jing Hongchen walked straight towards Xu Tianxi, with a kind and gentle smile on his face.
Pulling out a purple gold card and stuffing it into Xu Tianxi's palm like a magic trick, Jing Hongchen introduced with a smile:
"Tianxi, congratulations on passing the second-level soul guide certificate exam in just two and a half months. This is an encouragement from the dean on behalf of the academy."
"With it, you can enter the academy's soul guide warehouse at any time, and you can borrow conventional soul guides of level 6 and below for research and study without any other credentials."
"I know you have a special liking for fixed-type soul guides. This card allows you to borrow up to twelve level 6 fixed-type soul guide shells at one time for study. It is the largest amount among the current student rewards. Even I have to go through the process to call for fixed-type soul guide shells above level 7."
Xuan Ziwen raised his eyebrows and said in surprise: "Master, I remember that your grandson became a warehouse rat with the help of this thing, right?"
Jing Hongchen's face darkened and rolled his eyes and said:
"What are you talking about? Xiao is just a little naughty by nature, but he has never damaged those high-level soul guides, and he has reflected on it for a long time in the Academic Affairs Office."
"Teacher Xuan, I remember that you relied on the protection of Mr. Kong to cause trouble in the college, right? It seems that you are more powerful than Xiao? Should we settle the old accounts and build a special reflection room for you in the Academic Affairs Office?"
"I will pay for all the expenses. You can even copy your laboratory there. You don't have to reimburse me. I will also give you some experimental equipment and rare metals. I believe Mr. Kong will not object."
"Haha, of course, I don't need to. How dare I let you spend money as a researcher? Xiao Kong and Xiao Meng, you can come to visit my laboratory when you have time."
Xuan Ziwen, who felt embarrassed when his dark history was revealed, decisively shrank his head and shut up, and ran away at the speed of light. Meng Hongchen, who had been silent from beginning to end, raised his chin slightly, and a beautiful and charming smile appeared on his little face.
Just a Little Xuan Ziwen, it's not a big problem.
After driving away the hateful Xuan Ziwen, Jing Hongchen nodded with satisfaction and smiled like a winner:
"Tianxi, now you don't have to think about anything, just practice hard, I believe you can create better results in the future."
Xu Tianxi nodded seriously and said firmly: "Don't worry, Dean, the students will catch up with Senior Sister Meng and Senior Xiao as quickly as possible."
Jing Hongchen was stunned for a moment, and then smiled expectantly again: "Okay, I'll wait and see."
"Senior Sister will also wait and see, and must break Xiao's record, don't let him get ahead again."
Meng Hongchen was quite optimistic about Xu Tianxi's determination to catch up with himself, and was even more happy to see Xu Tianxi break Xiao Hongchen's record.
Xu Tianxi responded with an even more strange expression, secretly feeling sad for Xiao Hongchen. Sure enough, people should not be too arrogant, if they are too arrogant, even their own relatives will want to give him a few hits.
...
One year later.
The Sun and Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy ushered in a new finals season, and the long-lost broadcast sounded again in the ears of thousands of students.
Unlike the last notification of school rules, this time the whole school commended him.
"Dear students, our school's fifth-grade outstanding student Kong Tianxi has passed the school's fifth-level soul guide qualification assessment this morning. The dean of our school, His Majesty Jing Hongchen, and several eighth-level soul guide masters have personally certified this student and awarded him the status of a fifth-level soul guide!
As everyone knows, Kong Tianxi previously took one month, one and a half months, three months, and four months to pass the fourth-level soul guide assessment. He lived up to everyone's expectations and created another unprecedented miracle in five months..."
"Our beloved dean, His Majesty Jing Hongchen, expressed the hope that many students will take this as an encouragement, keep up the good work, and show their style and strength in the next assessment..."